Abstract 1,026,988. Safety jaws for ski bindings. L. BERCHTOLD and A. SCHUSTER. May 13, 1964 [May 17, 1963], No. 19944/64. Heading A6D. A safety jaw for a ski bindings comprising a toe hold down member movable relatively to a base plate 5 about a pivot 4 against the action of a detent device 7-10, is characterized in that either the toe hold down member or the base plate has two relatively movable parts. In the embodiment of Fig. 1 the toe hold down member comprises two parts 1, 11 connected by a leaf spring 12. Thus limited movement laterally of a ski is permitted without the safety jaw being completely released. In the embodiment of Fig. 3 however the base plate 5 comprises two parts 18, 15 pivotally connected by a pivot pin 17. The part 15 is adapted to be fixed to a ski and the part 18 is movable relative thereto. The parts are constrained to return to their normal positions by springs 19. The toe hold down member may comprise two parts connected by a pivot pin, and having springs which tend to return the parts to their normal positions (Fig. 6, not shown), or alternatively the base plate may comprise two parts one of which is mounted on balls or rollers and which is returned to its normal position by coil springs. (Figs. 9 and 10 not shown).
IN A SAFETY JAW FOR SAFETY SKI BINDINGS INCLUDING TWO JAW PARTS PIVOTALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND HAVING DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN A DETENT DEVICE WHICH IS UNLOCKED IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED, PREFERABLY ADJUSTABLE TORQUE TO RELEASE SAID JAW PARTS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OF THE JAW PARTS BEING COMPOSED OF TWO ELEMENT, ONE OF WHICH INCORPORATES A PORTION OF THE DETENT DEVICE AND A RESILIENT ARTICULATED JOINT AFFORDING A LIMITED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT COUPLING SAID ELEMENTS SAID ARTICULATED JOINT DISPOSED OUTSIDE THE PATH FOR TRANSMITTING FORCES ACTING ING THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE SKI.
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IN A SAFETY JAW FOR SAFETY SKI BINDINGS INCLUDING TWO JAW PARTS PIVOTALLY MOVABLE RELATIVE TO EACH OTHER AND HAVING DISPOSED THEREBETWEEN A DETENT DEVICE WHICH IS UNLOCKED IN RESPONSE TO A PREDETERMINED, PREFERABLY ADJUSTABLE TORQUE TO RELEASE SAID JAW PARTS FOR PIVOTAL MOVEMENT, THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE OF THE JAW PARTS BEING COMPOSED OF TWO ELEMENT, ONE OF WHICH INCORPORATES A PORTION OF THE DETENT DEVICE AND A RESILIENT ARTICULATED JOINT AFFORDING A LIMITED FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT COUPLING SAID ELEMENTS SAID ARTICULATED JOINT DISPOSED OUTSIDE THE PATH FOR TRANSMITTING FORCES ACTING ING THE LONGITUDINAL DIRECTION OF THE SKI.